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Australia's rich mineral resources have led to the discovery of many new mineral species. Australian Museum researchers and collaborators are investigating a new mineral species from Broken Hill, New South Wales, which will be a first for the Museum.

Caves are a unique, fragile, sometimes endangered environment, in which geology and biology meet, aided by the agencies of water and air. These interactions have produced a set of unusual minerals whose complex origins are amenable to inter-disciplinary research, with implications for palaeoclimate, cave conservation, environmental management and tourism in a World Heritage area.

The Australian Museum undertakes an active and innovative program of research into Australia's environments and indigenous cultures. Australian Museum collections have scientific and cultural values and content that make them the nation's most important animal, mineral, fossil and anthropological collections.